Non-refillable cigar-box.



J. GAGLIANO.

NoN-REFILLABLE GIGAR B0X. APPLICATION FILED JAN.15, 19134 Joseph' Gcfglqomo,

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ATTORNEYS Patented Feb. 3, 1914.

JGSEPH GAGLIANO? F NEW' YORK N. Y.,

NON-REFILLABLE CIGAR-BGX.

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Speccation of Letters Patent.

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.innemen ined. :ran-my 15, i913. sei-iai No. 742,210.

improved N on Reiillable Cigar- BOX, of

which the followingis a full, clear, and eX- act 'description y This invention relates to tobacco and has particular reference to means for handling o1' dispensing the better grades of cigars,

cigarettes or the like.

Among the objects of this invention is to provide a means whereby cigars may be handled in bulk in suchl )forni that the individual cigars cannot be touched or handled andhence are kept in a perfectly clean and sanitary condition.

Another object ot the invention is to pack cigars in such a manner as to make it an impossibility' for the container to loe tain: pered with in such a manner as to permit Vgoods of an inferior grade onquality from beingl dispensed therefrom.

Astill further object 'of the invention is to provide a box or casing for cigars or other breakable objects which will provide the maximum physical protection thereto.

The foregoing and other objects of the invention will hereinafter be more fully described and claimed and illustrated in the drawings forming a part of this specilication in which like characters of reference indicate corresponding parte in allthe views, and in Which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a box indicatingT the nature ot' this invention.` a portion ot the lid being broken away; Fig. 2 is a similar view indicating the nature oi' the box before it is sealed; and Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal section indicating the relation of the cigars to the several conipartinents and the manner of ejecting the cigars therefrom.

ik box or container made in accordance with this invention may be of any suitable size or dimensions with respect to the character ci the individual articles contained therein and dispensed therefrom. The box may be made of any suitable inaterials and the relative proportions of the various parts may be varied inv design according to the nature ot' the material or the particular uses to which the device may be put, without departing ,troni the spirit of the invention hereinafter claimed. l wish it to be understood also that while l use, for convenience of description throughout this specification, the-terni cigars such term is to ybe considered generic in scope and not in a. limiting sense. Y y

The box illustratedcoinprises a body having any suitable number or arrangement of preferably parallel compartments 11 extending rom the front 12 to the rear 13 of the box.' The length of the bon in this respect, should preterably be substantially equal to the length ofthe cigars tobe contained in the several compartments. llt should be noted, that each ls intended to occupy its individual compartment and not come in Contact with any other cigar, and also that when one or more oi the cigars nre removed from the box, the remaining cigars will not be disturbed by such removal, nor will they be accessible except -by the means provided for such purpose.

As shown especially in Fig. 2, the iront end of the box 12 is so arranged that the cigars may he slipped into their several compartments during the ordinary lilling operation. and thereafter such end of the box is closed and sealed in a permanent manner. The cover or closure for such front end consists oliI a holder 15 having as inany openings 1'3 as there are compartments 1.1, such openings alining with the respective compartments. pair of plates 17 and 18 oi substantially the size ot the end of the boi; 12, end secured iirinly between such plates is a strip of thin paper 19 which may be of any suitable nature with respect to transparency, strength and iinporvionsness. Said strip 19 will be understood to be held in fixed position as a whole by and between the plates lantl 18i but it nray be broken or ruptured at any one or more ot' the openings 1G for the purpose of ejecting cigars from the boze the paper guarding all of the other openings remainingr unbroken under normal conditions. S above intimated, the protectingstrip 19 may be of such nature as to permit moisture to pass therethrough,v ildesired, for the pur'- pose of maintaining the cigars in proper alable condition.

yThe holder 15 is preferably made a manner and connected to the box so as to be carried thereby in the position indicated in Fig. 2 until the box is filled, such connection being through a hinged portion 20 The holder -is shown comprising a in such 

